Hair Cloning

Cloning is what is known as genetic reproduction that results in an identical product or being. It involves duplicating cells that will develop into an adult organism. Scientists have done this with the famous sheep that was known as Dolly.

Hair cloning is done by plucking hair from one part of the scalp and implanting it in order to treat baldness in another section of the scalp. The whole idea is to pull out the living hair follicle and hair transplant to an area of the scalp where there is follicle damage. It is hoped that the transplanted follicle will develop and grow in the new location and generate a new hair follicle where the damaged ones are.

Sometimes the hair is plucked at the shaft and then cultivated outside the body until new growth begins. Once the new growth starts it is then transplanted back to the scalp in an area where there is not hair growth. This is supposed to result in hair cloning where identical hair can be created over the entire head.

Hair cloning is a difficult process if it is to be successful. The hair follicles are very fragile and it is difficult to get hair to grow outside the body. A new process involves a lower part of the hair follicle that can be isolated and then injected into another area of the scalp to begin to grow and produce. This is essentially human hair cloning that will allow a small part of the follicle to regenerate and divide.

Diffuse alopecia hair cloning may be needed for those with moderate to severe alopecia, or hair loss. Donors may be able to provide a healthy hair follicle to those who no longer are able to grow hair. It is believed that the dermal sheath of the hair follicle can be duplicated in a Petri dish and then successfully transplanted without damage to the newly formed follicle. This gives hope to many who are partially or completely bald.

There is some speculation that hair cloning can work with a male donor or a female donor. The recipient does not necessarily have to be of the same sex for the human hair cloning to work. Most of the time the female is the one who will have the most hair and suffers the least from hair loss. Cloning the female hair and transplanting it to the male is often a successful venture.

Hair cloning is not for everybody. It can be expensive and many times it does not work the first time. It is an option that should be looked at after other less invasive hair loss products have failed.